Anchoring device for tying wooden members to brick or masonry walls



G. E. ALLEN ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK ORMASONRY WALLS Original Filed July 11, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet l /NVE/V7'0RGEORGE E. ALLEN w Oct. 14, 1969 G. E. ALLEN 3,471,988

ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYINC' WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK 0R MASONRY WALLSOriginal Filed July 11, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet lIlTili] //Vl /V7'0/?.GEORGE E. ALLEN Hay G. E. ALLEN ANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYING WOODENMEMBERS Oct. 14, 1969 T0 BRICK OR MASONRY WALLS Original Filed July ll,1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 //VVE/V7'0/'?. GEORGE E.ALLE/V G. E. ALLENANCHORING DEVICE FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS Oct. 14, 1969 TO BRICK ORMASONRY WALLS Original Filed July 11, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 5/fINVENTOR.

GEORGE E. ALLEN United States Patent 3,471,988 ANCHORING DEVICE FORTYING WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK OR MASONRY WALLS George E. Allen, 15513 S.Dobson,

Dolton, Il]. 60419 Continuation of application Ser. No. 564,079, July11, 1966. This application Aug. 21, 1968, Ser. No. 755,510

Int. Cl. E04b 2/06, 1/41; E04c /16 US. Cl. 52-714 7 Claims ABSTRACT OFTHE DISCLOSURE One-piece unitary tying devices are provided for tying awooden member to a brick or masonry wall including so-oalled cavitymasonry Walls. Each of the tying devices includes a main body portionadapated to extend vertically between two masonry wall units having atits lower end and extending right angularly therefrom an anchoringportion and having at its upper end fastening means which may be engagedwith the wooden member. In some forms of the new tying devices abrace-member extends diagonally between the upright body member and partof the fastening means.

This application is a streamlined continuation of applicants parentapplication Ser. No. 564,079, filed July 11, 1966, and now abandoned.

This invention relates to anchoring devices for tying wooden members tobrick or masonry walls.

It is common practice in the art of building construction to tie awooden member such as a plank, board, twoby-four, or the like, to a toptier of bricks or to a top row of concrete blocks used in wallconstruction so that the superstructure of the building may be attachedto the wooden member to complete the building construction.

Various forms of such tying devices have been used heretofore includingrod-like members which are so designed and constructed as to be insertedinto and through the wooden member but the use of such devices hascommonly necessitated cutting 01f unneeded or superfluous end portionsthereof with resulting labor and expense involved in so doing by thecarpenters and masons involved in the work.

Other forms of prior tying devices have necessitate-d drilling holes inthe wooden members to provide a countersunk anchoring space for athreaded nut, or the like, attached to the threaded portion of the tiemember extended through the wooden member into a brick or masonry wallwith resulting time and expense involved in so doing by the workmen.

An object of th present invention is to provide a new and improved tyingmember for tying a wooden board, plank, or the like, to a brick orconcrete masonry wall and which is so designed and constructed that itmay be readily installed in position of use without the necessity forcutting off end portions thereof or drilling countersunk holes in thewooden members for the reception of a nut or like fastening means.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedmember for tying a wooden board, plank, or the like, to a brick ormasonry wall with a minimum of time and expense of the carpenters andmasons engaged in the work.

An additional object of the invention is to provide new and improvedtying members which are adapted for use with wooden members of varyingdimensions, and which tying members may be made of wire or sheet metalstock, or of other suitable materials, and which are so designed andconstructed that when anchored in 3,471,988 Patented Oct. 14, 1969position of use they will maintain a flat co-planar relationship withthe upper surface of the wooden member.

An additional object of the invention is to provide in the new tyingmembers novel and efiicient fastening means for fastening the new tyingmembers to the wooden member, eferred to above.

A further object of the invention is to provide in the new tying membersa laterally extending anchoring lower end portion which may be readilyinstalled and anchored in a concrete block masonry wall.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a combination brick-masonrywall construction showing a typical form of the new tying member inposition of use therein;

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2-2 in FIG. 1 showing thenew tying member in the position it assumes just prior to being anchoredin position of use;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the tie member illustrated in FIGS. 1 and2;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional plan view on line 4-4 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view on a reduced scale illustrating the tyingmember shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a modification ofthe invention;

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view on line 77 in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a sectional plan view of the tying member illustrated in FIGS.6 and 7;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary detail elevational view of a part of the newtying member illustrated in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the tying memberillustrated in FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9;

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating anothermodification of the invention;

FIG. 12 is a vertical sectional view on line 12-12 in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the form of the new tying member illustratedin FIGS. 11 and 12;

FIG. 14 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on line 1414 in FIG.12;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the form of thetying member illustrated in FIGS. 11, 12, 13 and 14;

FIG. 16- is a perspective view illustrating another modification of thenew tying member;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on line 17-17 in FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a perspective view, on a reduced scale, of the form of thenew tying member illustrated in FIGS. 16 and 17;

FIG. 19 is a perspective view illustrating another form of the new tyingmember;

FIG. 20 is a vertical sectional view on line 20-20 in FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a perspective view on a reduced scale of the form of the newtying member illustrated in FIGS. 19 and 20;

FIG. 22 is a sectional view illustrating another modification of theinvention;

FIG. 23 is a fragmentary perspective sectional view similar to FIG. 22but showing the tying member of FIG. 22 in fully installed position;

FIG. 24 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating another form of theinvention; and

FIG. 25 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 25-25 in FIG. 24.

A typical embodiment of the new tying member is illustrated in FIGS. 1to 5, inclusive, of the drawings, wherein it is generally indicated at25, and includes a main body member 26 which is preferably formed ofrod-like metal, plastic resinous material, or other suitable material,and which has the fastening means in the form of bendable upper endportion 27 having a piercing element 28 formed integrally thereon. Thetying member 25 also includes an angularly upwardly extending brace-likemember 29, which extends laterally outwardly from a point between theupper and lower ends of the upright body member 26, and is suitablyfastened at its lower end, or by welding, or otherwise, to the main bodymember 26 (FIG. 2). The fastening means for the tying member 25 has anupwardly extending arm portion 30, which is integral with the brace-likemember 29, and terminates in a piercing element 31. The fastening meansfor the tying member 25 also includes a cross arm portion 32 which isintegrally welded, as at 33, to the upright body member 26, and is alsointegrally welded, as at 34, to the angularly extending brace member 29.

The tying member 25 further includes a horizontally extending anchoringarm portion 36 which is formed at the lower end of the upright bodymember 26, and this anchoring portion 36 is provided with a series ofcorrugations 37, and terminates in an outer end portion 38 (FIG. 3).

In the use of the form of the new tying member 25 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5,inclusive, the tying member 25 is disposed, as shown, so that theupright body portion 26 thereof extends vertically along the inner sideof a tier of bricks 39 and with the angularly extending corrugatedanchoring lower arm portion 36-37 extending across the upper surface ofa concrete block or like masonry unit 40 in a wall of the same; thecorrugated anchoring arm portion 36-37 being overlain by another one ofthe concrete blocks or like masonry units 40, as shown (FIG. 2). When sodisposed the wooden member 41 will rest on the member 32 and thefastening means in the form of the angled upper end portions 27-28 and30-31 of the tying member 25 will embrace the wooden plank or boardmember 41 on opposite side marginal edges thereof. Hence, in order tofasten the tying member 25 in position of use the angled arm portions27-28 and 30-31 may be driven inwardly by means of a hammer, or othertool, so to drive the piercing elements 28 and 31 thereof into the bodyof the wooden member 41, and thereby anchor the wooden member 41 to thebrick wall 39 and to the concrete block or like masonry wall 40. Thesuperstructure of the building may then be readily fastened to and builtupon the wooden member 41.

A modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 10,inclusive, and those parts thereof which are similar to or correspond toparts of the form of invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, havebeen given the same reference numerals followed by the additional anddistinguishing reference character a.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 10, inclusive,differs from that shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, primarily in thatthe fastening means formed on the upper end portion thereof comprises aneye member 42 which is formed on the upper end portion 43 of thevertically extending body member 26a, and a corresponding eye member 44which is formed on the upper end portion of the arm 45; these eyemembers 43 and 44 being adapted to receive fastening elements in theform of headed nails 46 and 47, or the like (FIGS. 6 and 7).

In the use of the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 10,inclusive, the tying member 25a is disposed, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7,with the eye members 42 and 44 arranged on opposite sides of the woodenmember 41a, and with the fastening means, in the form of the headednails 46 and 47 driven through the eye members 42 and 44, respectively,into the side portion of the wooden member 41a, thereby anchoring thewooden member 41a to the brick wall construction 39a and to the concreteblock or like masonry wall construction 4011.

An additional modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 11to 15, inclusive, of the drawings, and those parts in this form of theinvention which are similar to or correspond to parts in the form of theinvention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, have been given thesame reference numerals followed by the additional and distinguishingreference character b.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, isgenerally indicated at 48, and comprises a metal bar-like upright bodymember 49 having a corrugated horizontally extending lower anchoring armportion 50. A combination anchoring and brace member 51 extendslaterally from the body member 49 and is provided with anchoring meansin the form of bosses 52 on both sides thereof. The combination braceand anchoring member 51 is integrally joined at one side thereof to afastening means in the form of a vertically extending arm or strapmember 53 and the arm member 53 has a hole 54- former therein (FIG. 15)for the reception of a fastening element in the form of beaded nail 55(FIG. 12). The main body member 49 of the tying member 48 embodiesadditional fastening means in the form of an upward extension or strapmember 56 (FIG. 15) which is provided with spaced holes 57 for thereception of fastening elements in the form of headed nails 58 (FIG 12).

In the use of the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15,inclusive, the tying member 48 is dis posed, as shown, with thevertically extending body portion 49 thereof extending along one side ofthe brick wall structure 3% (FIGS. 11 and 12) and with the loweranchoring arm portion 50 thereof extending laterally over the uppersurface of one of the concrete block or like masonry units 40b (FIG.12). When so arranged the fastening strap members 53-56 are disposed, asshown, with the fastening member 53 extending along one side of thewooden member 41b and being fastened thereto by the fastening element ornail 55 inserted through the hole 54 and with the fastening strap member56 extending upwardly parallel to the fastening strap member or arm 53,as in FIG. 15. The upper end portion of the fastening strap member orarm 56 is then bent, by means of any suitable tool, over the top surfaceof the wooden member 41b and fastened thereto by the nails 58 insertedthrough the holes 57.

In use, the corrugated lower anchoring arm portion 50 of the tyingmember 48 is disposed between two tiers of concrete blocks 40b, or thelike, so as to facilitate anchoring of the tying member 48 to theconcrete blocks 40b, while, at the same time, the anchoring means in theform of the bosses 52 on the transverse brace member 51 extend betweenadjacent faces of bricks 39b, and within the mortar joint therebetween,so as further to enhance the anchoring of the tying member 48 to thebrick wall structure 39b and to the concrete block wall 40b.

Another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 16, 17 and18 of the drawings, and those parts thereof which are similar orcomparable to corresponding parts in the form of the invention shown inFIGS. 11, 12 and 13 have been given the same reference numerals followedby the additional reference character c.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 16, 17 and 18 issubstantially similar to the form of the invention shown in FIGUS. 13,14 and 15 but differs therefrom in the provision of a depending andlaterally outwardly extending flange 60 which is formed on the lower endportion of the arm 530.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 16, 17 and 18 has anoutwardly extending supporting arm portion 59 which is formed integrallywith and at the lower end of the arm 53c. This angularly extending arm59 terminates in an upwardlly extending end portion 60 and these parts60-61 are adapted to receive and to support the outwardlly angled lowerend portion 61 of the side wall 62 of a gravel stop unit 63 whichincludes a horizontal upper wall portion 64 which extends over thefastening strap portion 56c of the tying member 48c (FIG. 17).

Another modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 19 to 21inclusive, of the drawings, wherein it is generally indicated at 65, andincludes a main body member in the form of a corrugated steel bar orstrap member 68, having a corrugated outwardlly angled lower end portion69 which extends right angularly therefrom in the same general verticalplane with the vertically extending corrugated member 68.

The tying member 65 also includes a generally rectangular shapedanchoring plate member 70 which is integral with the verticallyextending corrugated body member 68 and has mortar-receiving anchoringholes 71 formed therein. A flexible tie bar structure 72 is formedintegrally with, or may be integrally fastened to, the upper portion ofthe tie plate member 70, and includes a horizontally extending lower bar73 having at one side thereof an upwardly extending and relatively shortfastening arm 74 which is provided with an opening 75 for the receptionof la fastening element 76 which is adapted to be driven therethroughinto the wooden member 41d at one side thereof. The tie bar structure 72includes an upwardly extending and relatively longer fastening arm 77which is formed at the opposite end of the horizontal bar 73 and whichhas an integral upwardly extending end portion 78 which is adapted to bebent, by means of any suitable tool, over the upper surface of thewooden member 41a. The fastening arm 77 is provided with holes, oropenings, as 79, for the reception of headed fastening elements, such asnails 80, which are adapted to be driven through the holes 79 into theupper surface of the wooden member 41d.

In the use of the form of the new tying member 65, illustrated in FIGS.19 to 21, inclusive, the tying member 65 may be disposed, as shown,between two adjacent faces of concrete blocks 40d, and with thecorrugated vertically extending body member 68 and the corrugated lowerextension '69 thereof anchored in the mortar joints between the concreteblocks 40d. The tie bar structure 72 is then disposed, as shown, so thatthe relatively short fastening arm 74 embraces one lateral side of thewooden member 41d and with the longer fastening arm 77 extendingupwardly parallel to the shorter arm 74 (as in FIG. 21) along the otherside of the wooden member 41d. The flexible upper end portion 78 of thelonger fastening arm 77 is then bent over the upper surface of thewooden member 41d. A fastening element, such as nail 76 is then insertedthrough the opening 75 in the shorter fastening arm 74 into one sidewall of the wooden member 41d, and headed nails 80, or like fasteningmeans, are inserted through the openings 79 in the flexible horizontalbentover fastening arm or strap portion 78 into the upper surface of thewooden member 41d so as to complete the anchoring of the tying member 65to the wooden member 41d and to the concrete block or like masonry wallunits 40d.

An additional modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 22and 23 of the drawings. This form of the invention is substantiallysimilar to the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5,inclusive, and those parts thereof which are similar to or comparable toparts in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 5,inclusive, have been given the same reference numerals followed by theadditional and distinguishing reference character e.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 22 and 23 differs fromthat in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive, in that in this form of the inventionthe corrugated anchoring member 81, which is formed at the lower endportion of the upright body member 26e and is integral therewith,extends rightangularly from the body member 26e at the lower end thereofand in the same general vertical plane therewith, rather than beingoffset from the vertical plane of the body member 26, as in the form ofthe construction shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, inclusive.

An additional modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 24and 25 of the drawings and this form of the invention is substantiallysimilar to the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15,inclusive, and those parts thereof which are similar to or comparable tocorresponding parts in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11to 15, inclusive, have been given the same reference numerals followedby the additional and distinguishing reference character I.

The form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 24 and 25 issubstantially similar to the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS.11 to 15, inclusive, but differs therefrom in that in place of theanchoring means in the form of bosses 52 formed on the plate 51, as inthe form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 15, inclusive, inthe form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 24 and 25 the plate 51has anchoring means in the form of holes 82 formed therein which areadapted to be filled with mortar 83 so as to anchor the tying member 48in position of use, as shown.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, considered inconjunction with the accompanying drawings, that the present inventionprovides new and improved tying means for typing a wooden member to abrick or masonry wall, or to a combination brick and concrete blockwall, and that the invention thus has the desirable advantages andcharacteristics and accomplishes its intended objects including thosehereinbefore pointed out and others which are inherent in the invention.

I claim:

1. Tying means for tying a wooden member to a brick or masonry wallcomprising a one-piece unitary device including (a) an upright bodymember adapted to extend vertically between two masonry wall units andhaving integral therewith at its lower end (1) a laterally extendinganchoring lower end portion integral with the said upright body memberand adapted to extend under a masonry wall unit and to be anchoredthereto; and

(b) fastening means on the upper portion of the said upright body memberand integral therewith and adapted to engage at least a portion of theexternal surface of a wooden member disposed on the upper surface of abrick or masonry wall for fastening the said upright body member to thesaid wooden member;

(c) said fastening means including (1) a pair of spaced upper fasteningarm members adapted to engage the said wooden member so as to secure thesaid tying means to the said wooden member; and

(2) an intermediate member integral with the said upright body member atthe upper end portion of the said upright body member and extendingbetween the said upright body member and at least one of the said upperfastening arm mem bers.

2. Tying means for tying a wooden member to a brick or masonry wallcomprising a one-piece unitary device including (a) an upright bodymember adapted to extend vertically between two masonry wall units andhaving integral therewith at its lower end (1) a laterally extendinganchoring lower end portion integral with the said upright body memberand adapted to extend under a masonry Wall unit and to be anchoredthereto; and

(b) fastening means on the upper portion of the said upright body memberand integral therewith and adapted to engage at least a portion of theexternal surface of a wooden member disposed on the upper surface of abrick or masonry wall for fastening the said upright body member to thesaid wooden memher;

() said fastening means including (1) a pair of spaced flexible upperfastening arm members each having a right angularly inwardly extendingpiercing element at the upper end thereof adapted to penetrate saidwooden member so as to secure the said tying means to the said woodenmember; and

(2) a diagonally extending brace member extending between the saidupright body member and one of the said flexible upper fastening armmembers.

3. Tying means as defined in claim 1 in which the said intermediatemember is in the form of a brace memher.

4. Tying means as defined in claim 1 in which (a) the said intermediatemember is in the form of a combination brace and anchoring member having(b) anchoring means formed therein for anchoring the said combinationbrace and anchoring member in a mortar or like wall joint.

5. Tying means as defined in claim 4 in which the FRANK L. ABBOTT,

said anchoring means is in the form of bosses formed in the saidcombination brace and anchoring member.

6. Tying means as defined in claim 4 in which the said anchoring meansis in the form of openings formed in the said combination brace andanchoring member for the reception of mortar or the like.

7. Tying means as defined in claim 1 in which the said intermediatemember has anchoring means formed therein for anchoring the saidintermediate member in a mortar or like wall surface.

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